About 

This isn’t your grandmother’s embroidery! Embroidery stitching has been around for centuries, but it’s making a strong comeback with the desire for more personal and detailed handmade items.

This course is the ultimate guide to creating beautiful stitching on everyday things you can find around your home. From aprons and placemats, to bookmarks, blankets, and t-shirts, you’ll get over 30 patterns for different projects that will put some life into your household items.

Stitching is an inexpensive, quiet, and portable craft shown to increase dopamine in your brain. So, c’mon and get happy - learn how to sew and start making beautifully handcrafted gifts.

Requirements

International Open Academy courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required to study with us. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.

Lessons

Module 1: Introduction

• The stitcher’s kit
• Stitching essentials
• How to use the patterns

Module 2: Project Theme – Eat

• Café society apron
• A nice cup of tea placemat
• Let them eat cake napkin
• Kitchen sink drama tea towel
• Sweetest little baby face bib
• Do the funky chicken cup cozy

Module 3: Project Theme – Sleep

• The cat’s whiskers pajamas
• Give me the moonlight bedside lamp
• Dream a little dream pillowcase
• Bunny hugs toys

Module 4: Project Theme – Work

• Home sweet home address book
• Pen friends pencil case
• Wise old owl book bag
• Ring my bell phone case

Module 5: Project Theme – Relax

• The perfect pooch picture
• The long and short of it bookmark
• Blooming marvelous cushion
• Knit one, purl one box

Module 6: Project Theme – Play

• Jump for joy apron
• Three beasties blanket
• Big wheels keep on turning pockets
• Elephants on parade toys

Module 7: Project Theme – Dress

• A little birdie told me t-shirt
• Blowing in the wind bag
• Never mind the weather shoes
• A rose is a rose is a rose bag
• Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep pocket

Module 8: Project Theme - Bath

• A whale of a time
• Under the sea
• Squeaky clean
• Sail away with me

Module 9: Project Theme - Celebrate

• Away with the fairies
• Cool robot
• Up the garden path
• Love is like a butterfly

Module 10: Make Your Own Stuff To Stitch

• Cotton bag
• Cushion cover
• Fabric-lined knitting box
• Table mat
• Child’s apron
• Doorstop

Career

Who is this course for?

• Anyone who loves being creative
• Those who want a craft that is inexpensive
• People who want to learn the basics of stitching
• Those looking to improve their overall health and mental wellbeing

How will it help me

Stitching has many proven health benefits including lowering heart rate and blood pressure to reducing stress and increasing dopamine in your brain. This course will help you to learn a new craft that now only has amazing health benefits, but is fun and inexpensive to do!